Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity For Fairness Game. Board games such as Monopoly (C), Hi Ho Cherry-o (C), and Jenga (C), and several decks of playing cards; (optional) miscellaneous game pieces, such as playing cards, tokens, dice, timekeeping devices, and spinners Newsprint,...

Dilemma 1 There are countless organizations through which you can give money to help those in need. How do you choose? Are children more worthy than animals? What criteria do you use? Does your family use the same criteria? Imagine walking into your congregation and seeing two tables. One is...

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From the Origami-instructions website, www.origami-instructions.com. Used with permission.For swan: Fold the paper along one diagonal, then unfold it. Now fold the lower edges of the square into the centerline as shown. This is your kite base. Flip the kite base over. Next make a double fold as...

"[Grace]... is God's granting Salvation not in reward for the moral worth of the human but as a free and undeserved gift of love." William S. Babcock, Christian scholar "To trust the context—the place in which we must live out our lives—to trust in spite of the chaos and the tragedy, rather than...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity A treat-one for each youth For swans: Paper for origami, 6-inch squares in different colors Handout 2, Grace Reflections Handouts 3-7, Origami Instructions – Swan Optional: Music, and music player Optional: For doves: 8-inch diameter paper dollies...

Materials for Activity "Bicycle Rack" newsprint sheet from Opening Description of Activity Youth discuss ethical challenges they have faced. If someone shared an experience in check-in or during any workshop activities that the group would like to explore further, do so now. This could be...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participants’ journals, and writing instruments Participants’ clipboards with anklets (Workshop 1, Activity 3, Practice) Beads, and waterproof markers and/or other decorations Extra clipboards and string/hemp, and...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Generosity Dilemmas Preparation for Activity Print the Leader Resource for yourself and volunteer readers. Description of Activity Youth discuss scenarios involving ethical dilemmas. Seek a volunteer to read one of the two...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and centering table Candles for all participants (including leaders), and a lighter, or LED/battery-operated tea lights for all participants Story, "The Gift of a Gemstone" Handout 1, Litany of Generosity Preparation for Activity Plan how y...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Draw the outline of a person on newsprint, and post. Description of Activity Youth consider diverse ways to be generous. Say in these words, or your own: Often, when we talk about generosity, we...

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Participants identify positive and negative aspects of the virtue of generosity. Invite youth to sit for a moment and think about generosity as a virtue....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, “The Other Half” Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to present it. Optional: Copy the story for all participants. Description of Activity Youth hear and discuss a true story about a family’s generosity. Introduce the...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Adapt the Taking It Home section and copy for all participants. Optional: Print the closing quotation (below) for a volunteer to read. Description of...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Group covenant (Workshop 1) Optional: Bicycle Rack newsprint sheet (Workshop 1) Optional: Alternate Activity 1, Real Life Challenges Preparation for Activity R...

Dilemma 1 Your table in geography class is assigned to work together as a team to create a PowerPoint presentation on Cuba. Everyone at the table takes responsibility for the information in four slides. Everyone together decides on slide design and progression....

What is the value of a gift given? Is it just the dollar amount on the price tag or are some gifts worth much more? Let me tell you about a gift that was not worth much monetarily, but which made a wealthy woman richer than she could have imagined....